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Overview (History, Features, and Appeal): The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art is a prefectural contemporary art museum located on Kobe's waterfront. The building, designed by Tadao Ando, is a modern building with a focus on exposed concrete. Combined with its open location overlooking the sea and harbor, the architecture itself is a major attraction...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Meriken Park is a waterfront park located on the seafront in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. The name "Meriken" comes from the English word "American," and is deeply connected to the history of Kobe Port, which developed as an international port where foreign ships anchored from the Meiji period onwards...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kobe Animal Kingdom is an experiential urban zoo located in Kobe City. Formerly known as the Kobe Kachouen (Children's Park), it features greenhouse-style indoor exhibits and free-range areas where visitors can get up close and personal with animals and birds. With many greenhouse-style exhibits, it can be enjoyed rain or shine, whatever the season...

Kitano Kobo no Machi (Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) — Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kitano Kobo no Machi is a manufacturing and tourism complex created using a former school building in the Kitano area of Kobe. While retaining the retro school building atmosphere, it offers a wide range of shops, including local traditional crafts, grocery stores, souvenir shops, cafes, and workshops with hands-on experience...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kobe Nankinmachi is a Chinatown located in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is one of Japan's most representative Chinatowns, alongside those in Yokohama and Nagasaki. Since the opening of Kobe Port in 1868 (early Meiji era), it has been formed as a gathering place for traders and residents from China, and today it is home to a variety of restaurants and...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Ikuta Shrine is an ancient shrine located in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is an urban oasis in the Sannomiya area, the heart of Kobe. Its founding is ancient, and according to legend, it dates back to the 4th to 6th centuries. Since ancient times, it has been revered as a shrine protecting this land.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The former foreign settlement is a historic district in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. It was developed as a foreign settlement after the opening of Kobe Port in 1868 (the first year of the Meiji era). It features orderly grid-like streets, modern stone and brick architecture, and...

Overview (History, Features, and Appeal) Kitano Ijinkan is the collective name for a group of historic Western-style buildings spread across Kitano-cho, Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Many of the residences (ijinkan) built by foreigners who settled in Kobe following the opening of the port from the Meiji to Taisho periods remain, allowing visitors to get up close and personal with the lifestyles and Western architectural design of the time...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kobe Nunobiki Herb Garden (official name: Nunobiki Herb Garden) is a highland herb garden located on Mount Nunobiki (the edge of the Rokko Mountain Range), behind Shin-Kobe Station on the Shinkansen line in Kobe's Chuo Ward. A ropeway takes you up to the mountainside, allowing you to experience mountain nature in a short distance from the city...